Saturday, July 25, 2009

Siem Reap!!!

We accomplished a lot in Poipet with the Copelands. We moved in enough stuff that they were able to move into the house and stop paying for a hotel room. It was amazing to see that house transform from an empty space into a fully furnished home. We left early this morning and arrived in Siem Reap at 11 in the morning. We went to the house of a local church worker, Phearum. He has been instrumental in the organization and excecution of the English camps here in Siem Reap. After that we spent the afternoon hanging out at the church jamming and singing worship songs with Phearum, Moch, Pheaerum Phnom Penh, and Chena the leader of the girls dorm in Phnom Penh. We are getting ready to have an authentic Cambodian dinner cooked by some of the church ladies and a Khmer bible study after that. English Camp starts on Monday. I wasn't really looking forward to it because English Camp is always pretty grueling. But now that I'm here I am actually getting pretty excited because I'm slowly meeting all my old friends. If there is any place in Cambodia that feels like home it is the church in Siem Reap.

Prayer Requests:
  • Safe arrival of the remaining short term teams coming for English Camp.
  • Good gastro-intestinal health.
  • Awesome reunions with friends in Siem Reap.

1 comment:

  1. "I wasn't really looking forward to it because English Camp is always pretty grueling."

    Dude, Chua, this is the second year you said this! Don't make me knock your two front teeth out! :-P ECamp will be tiring, but it'll be worth it. Glad you got to spend some good time w/ the Copeland's!!! Remember to take some time to rest and journal too :-)

    -Em

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